Combining models is more likely to give better predictions than single models

Phytopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1174-1182

  Hu, Xiaoping ^a   Madden, Laurence V ^b   Edwards, Simon ^c   Xu, Xiangming ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84941787313     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: 19437684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-11-14-0315-R     Document Type: Article

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